Mint Theater Company today announced that Kristen Johnston (last seen in the Mint production of So Help Me God!, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination) will replace the previously announced Laura Benanti in THE NAKED GENIUS written by Gypsy Rose Lee, on Monday, June 14th at Caroline's on Broadway (1626 Broadway between 49th & 50th Streets).
Jacob's Pillow announces its 2010 full season calendar, including more than 200 free performances, talks, photography exhibits, tours, and events. Free event highlights include the Blake's Barn exhibit Lois Greenfield: Imagined Moments, featuring Greenfield's signature dance photography, and 'Let's Dance!' a new community event on July 4 with free dance classes and workshops for teens and adults. PillowTalks, held Thursdays at 5pm and Saturdays at 4pm, include Virginia Johnson, recently named Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem (June 24), choreographer/director Bill T. Jones (July 22), and the return of Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer (July 31). Inside/Out performance highlights include the all-female hip-hop group Decadancetheatre (July 7), the dancers of The School at Jacob's Pillow's first ever Tap Program (July 10), alumnus of The School at Jacob's Pillow and Artistic Director of his own ensemble, Avi Scher (July 23), and ¡Flamenco Revolución! (August 27).
Greater New York, the third iteration of the quintennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area, will open at MoMA PS1 on May 23 and run through October 18, 2010.
Theater Breaking Through Barriers, the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway company known for its productions that integrate able-bodied actors with artists with disabilities, presents the world premiere of Kate Moira Ryan's BASS FOR PICASSO -- a new play about five New Yorkers, including a physically disabled food writer for The New York Times, whose secrets are exposed during a memorable dinner party -- with previews to begin April 17 prior to its official press opening May 2 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). Ike Schambelan directs.
Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB) will close the world premiere of Kate Moira Ryan's BASS FOR PICASSO May 23rd at the Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row.
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Weiss to the newly established position of Curator, Panza Collection. The creation of the position is part of the Panza Collection Conservation Initiative (PCCI), which was announced last month along with a major grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of $1.23 million to support the first phase of this project. This phase will undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Minimalist, Post-Minimalist, and Conceptual artworks, from the 1960s through the 1970s, in the Guggenheim's Panza Collection.
The 2010 KAC Members' Exhibit is fast approaching, and this year we are privileged to have gallery owner/art dealer Gunnar Nordstrom serving as juror. Since opening in 1991, Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery has served the Eastside and the Seattle metropolitan area by bringing artists and art-lovers together, contributing much to our vibrant arts community.
Philadelphia Theatre Company concludes its 2009-2010 season with August Wilson's masterpiece and first Broadway success Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on May 21-June 13.
Performance Network Theatre announces its production of the hit drama, 'The Seafarer' by Conor McPherson. 'The Seafarer' will begin June 10th and run through July 18th, 2010. This Broadway smash stars Hugh Maguire, Richard McWilliams ('The Retreat from Moscow'), Joel Mitchell ('Elizabeth Rex'), Keith Kalinowksi and Aaron Alpern. It is directed by Malcolm Tulip ('Amadeus').
Annex Theatre discovers Puerto Rico in Jose Amador's El Hijo Prodigo (Prodigal Son), directed by Mark Fullerton. El Hijo Prodigo brings to life the joys and sorrows of a Commonwealth barely 1100 miles from our shores.
Greater New York, the third iteration of the quintennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area, will open at MoMA PS1 on May 23 and run through October 18, 2010.
The Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced that in association with Bootleg Theater it will present the world premiere of Wednesday Night at the Home of Michel Leiris a Reading of the Play ‘Desire Caught by the Tail' by the Painter Pablo Picasso, written and directed by David Jette, with performances beginning on Thursday, June 10. Opening night is set for Saturday, June 12, and Leiris/Picasso will play a limited engagement through July 24.
The 2010 Festival of New American Musicals, a three month musical theatre festival, will be held May 16 through August 21 2010, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the annual festival, now in its third year.
Moses Pendleton's wildly popular, internationally acclaimed MOMIX, a company that defies categorization as easily as its dancers defy gravity, will burst onto the stage of The Joyce Theater for an extended four-week engagement from May 11 - June 6.
Theatre By The Sea's Producing Artistic Director, Amiee Turner, will make her Theatre By The Sea debut in the role of Cassie in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winning musical, A Chorus Line, scheduled to open the summer season on June 2, 2010.
On Monday, May 10, 2010, New Repertory Theatre will hold its 2010 Gala-our biggest party and fundraiser or the year! Funds raised support New Repertory Theatre's efforts throughout the year, including in-school performances with our program New Rep On Tour.